The place where I’m learning to play acoustic guitar offers two styles. Rock/pop/jazz and classical. Which should I take? I’ve never played guitar but I’ve been playing piano for five years now, if that makes a difference. Also, what’s an example of a classical song for the guitar and what’s an example of a rock, pop, or jazz song for the guitar?

I play guitar in a band outside of school and my school Jazz ensamble. Both of these are helping me greatly in learning about music. But I also take voice lesson because I really like to learn to sing. Then, I started piano lesson becuase I thought it was a good idea to be versitle in music and understand music better by adding another instrument. But lately as I am practicing I feel as though I am not accomplishing everything I could just because I don’t know how to practice each thing effectivly and fit everything into my practice time at night. Would it help to make a schedule and list everything I need to practice to become better?

I have been Playing Piano, since I was 3 years old. (I am 17 now)

I took ballet, jazz, tap and pop for 5 years

I have been singing in local talent shows, school musicals twice annually since I was 11.

I have remained an A/B student.

I have took Guitar, and Recorder lessons- Recorder 10 years, Guitar 6 years.

I am an Inspiring Singer.

Acted in local Plays and Productions for 8 years.

What do you think?

I teach piano.

A new student just had her first lesson today. Her lesson goes for 30 minutes.

I wanted to get her straight into things asap. And the thing is, you can’t play if you don’t know what notes are and all that basic jazz. So I started off with theory (teaching her how to sit at the piano, what the notes are, what the treble clef is, what the bass clef is)

So I spent 3/4 of the lesson teaching her about these things. 1/4 of the lesson was spent on me testing her about notes (I’d say ‘play the note G’, and then she’d play it)

She and her father left quite satisfied (at least, that what it appeared to be like, they were smiling and they looked pleased). They said they would be coming next week.

After they left, my parents started dissing me about how I talked too much and completely made them lose interest. I insisted to them that you can’t play piano without the theory, which is the very basics.

It’s like laying out the concrete before building the house – the theory is like the concrete (quite boring, but fundamental) and the house is like playing the piano (much more fun and interesting).

They ignored me and said that I still didn’t need to teach her theory for most of the lesson. They said that I should have taught her theory for half of the lesson and let her play for the other half.

They also said that I should have spent some time showing off my piano playing skills (which I think is a waste of time, esp that piano lessons are not free. The time is supposed to be used on her learning, not me showing off)

They said that most of the time we just sat there in silence doing nothing, while in actual fact, I was writing down what book she needed to buy and all the theory stuff she needed to remember.

I kept insisting that it was right that I taught her theory most of the time and then let her play a little bit. But my parents yelled and me and told me I was up myself and I thought I knew everything. Annoyed, I stormed off. And now they’re making fun of me in the kitchen.

Just keep in mind that my parents aren’t musicians and know little about music.

Who is right? Me or my parents?
The next lesson, I am planning her to play most of the time, as most of the theory fundamentals are out of the way and she will have a book.

Do you think I could be accepted?

I had really awful grades my first 3 years of high school because of an illness. I then transfered senior year to an online school (its accredited) and I have a 4.0 from this new school so far. When I apply, my GPA from the two schools combined will probably be between a 2.1 and a 2.4 depending on how many classes I can finish. I doubt I could finish enough classes in time to raise it any more than a 2.4.

-I’m an out of state student.
-I haven’t taken my ACT yet but on my practice test I got a 25 composite (33 English, 25 Science, 24 Reading, 18 Math).
-My essay is already finished and I think it’s really really good. It talks about why my grades were so horrible before and how the challenge has made me stronger.
-Extracurriculars include:
Tennis
Waterski team
Vocal jazz
Retail work
Secretary
Voice & piano lessons
Church mission trip
Participated in solo ensemble competitions
-Also took honors and AP classes

I had really awful grades my first 3 years of high school because of an illness. I then transferred senior year to an online school (its accredited) and I have a 4.0 from this new school so far. When I apply, my GPA from the two schools combined will probably be between a 2.1 and a 2.5 depending on when the application deadline is.

-I haven’t taken my ACT yet but on my practice test I got a 25 composite (33 English, 25 Science, 24 Reading, 18 Math).
-My essay is already finished and I think it’s really really good. It talks about why my grades were so horrible before and how the challenge has made me stronger.
-Extracurriculars include:
Tennis
Waterski team
Vocal jazz
Retail work
Secretary
Voice & piano lessons
Church mission trip
Participated in solo ensemble competitions
-Also took honors and AP classes

So, what colleges do you think would accept me? I don’t want to go to a community college. Also, the larger the student body, the better. Thanks!

It’s a performing arts high school and i have been in chorus sense 8th grade and i have been in show choir for 3 years. I have been in 4 2 act productions and i can play piano, like i know the notes… never had a lesson/. I can do broadway style dancing like charlston, jazz square, etc.

My grades are porr…

I had really awful grades my first 3 years of high school because of an illness. I then transferred senior year to an online school (its accredited) and I have a 4.0 from this new school so far. When I apply, my GPA from the two schools combined will probably be between a 2.1 and a 2.5 depending on when the application deadline is.

-I haven’t taken my ACT yet but on my practice test I got a 25 composite (33 English, 25 Science, 24 Reading, 18 Math).
-My essay is already finished and I think it’s really really good. It talks about why my grades were so horrible before and how the challenge has made me stronger.
-Extracurriculars include:
Tennis
Waterski team
Vocal jazz
Retail work
Secretary
Voice & piano lessons
Church mission trip
Participated in solo ensemble competitions
-Also took honors and AP classes

So, what colleges do you think would accept me? I don’t want to go to a community college. Also, the larger the student body, the better. Thanks!

i am 14 yo and i am very familiar with piano , i also passed recorder class when i was a kid , i also like jazz and blues very much
and now i want to take saxophone lessons … is it easy for me to start
or is it like violin? also how much will cost you if you want to buy a good saxophone
thanks

I play classical music from when i was little (for 10 years) but i’m bored of it. Maybe it’s because I’m older now but I don’t know..
my teacher says that it’s just a phase and that i got bored of the songs I’m playing now but this is going on for so long.
my mom says that i should change teachers. I said that I wanted to start playing jazz but i’m not sure if I will like it because jazz is more about like improvisation which I don’t like.
I downloaded some scores of other songs I like like the Titanic and stuff and I really enjoy learning them by myself but I’m afraid that if I don’t do lessons anymore im going to start getting worse and I really don’t want that. And these songs are very easy for my level, and it will get boring. I like doing difficult things but everytime my teacher gives me a new song that needs studying and that I can’t learn very easily like i used to, I give up. i know it’s wrong but I don’t know what to do.
Two years ago in the exams, the examiners said that i play so good that I could skip 2 years and go to the more advanced class, and last year they said that I am the best student in my school
This year, I didn’t even learn 1 single song perfectly. I just learned the technical part but then i never studied at home and every lesson was horrible because I hadn’t done anything at home so we just did the same things.
My dad doesn’t want me to do jazz music at all and he says that classical music is better and that I need to know well classical music so that I can play other types of music later on my life but come on, for 10 whole years I do classical music and I am in the 5th year. I have only 4 years until I get my diploma.. but the thing is, I don’t like the things im doing now and i dont want to do them for 4 whole years just to get a diploma. Piano isn’t like school where you have to learn things. you’re supposed to enjoy learning music.. and i think that i’ve reached a lever where I can start doing different things with music.
My mom keeps saying that I need to decide what Im going to do this year because the exams are in 1 month and I haven’t learned ANYTHING at all.

PLEASE somebody help!! i feel so desperate..